Architecture as A Consequence of Biology

M. Arch thesis studio project

Architecture as A Consequence of Biology M. Arch thesis studio project Kraft, Kerstin Sustainable architecture Biology Structural analysis Nature This thesis aims to synthesize the domain of biology with that of architecture through Biomemetics, the quest of recreating properties in living organisms in order to utilize them as possible design solutions. I have placed an emphasis on the understanding of natural, self-similar phenomena; specifically the Lindenmayer System, a grammar through which organisms can achieve and maintain structure through the generative process of recursion. By relying on digital computation to recreate this phenomenon, it becomes the vehicle needed to bridge and redefine the formal condition that exists between nature and architecture School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007) 2007-05 Images Digital Jpk2 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Architecture as A Consequence of Biology

M. Arch thesis studio project

Kraft, Kerstin

Sustainable architecture

Biology

Structural analysis

Nature

This thesis aims to synthesize the domain of biology with that of architecture through Biomemetics, the quest of recreating properties in living organisms in order to utilize them as possible design solutions. I have placed an emphasis on the understanding of natural, self-similar phenomena; specifically the Lindenmayer System, a grammar through which organisms can achieve and maintain structure through the generative process of recursion. By relying on digital computation to recreate this phenomenon, it becomes the vehicle needed to bridge and redefine the formal condition that exists between nature and architecture

School of Architecture. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2007)

2007-05

Images

Digital

Jpk2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY